Death Row's 15th Anniversary (2006)

Product Summary Label: Koch Entertainment Dist UPC: 00728706307826 Release Date: 12/26/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203000774 Item#: M36FSL Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang - Dr. Dre - (featuring Snoop Dogg) ~ Various Artists 2. Dogg Pound 4 Life - Tha Dogg Pound - (featuring Snoop Dogg) ~ Various Artists 3. Afro Puffs - The Lady Of Rage (album version, featuring Snoop Dogg) ~ Various Artists 4. Natural Born Killaz - Dr. Dre - (featuring Ice Cube) ~ Various Artists 5. How Do U Want It - 2Pac (radio version, featuring K-Ci & JoJo) ~ Various Artists 6. B****** Ain't S*** - Dr. Dre - (featuring Snoop Dogg/Daz/Kurupt/Jewell) ~ Various Artists 7. Let Me Ride - Dr. Dre (extended version, featuring Snoop Dogg/Daz) ~ Various Artists 8. Life's So Hard - 2Pac - (featuring Snoop Dogg) ~ Various Artists 9. Big Pimpin' - Tha Dogg Pound - (featuring Snoop Dogg/Nate Dogg/Big Pimpin') ~ Various Artists 10. G'z Up, H***** Down - Snoop Dogg ~ Various Artists 11. California Love - 2Pac (original version, featuring Dr. Dre/Roger Troutman) ~ Various Artists 12. Made N***** - 2Pac - (featuring The Outlawz) ~ Various Artists 13. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Snoop Dogg - (featuring Tupac/Roger Troutman) ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. To Live & Die In L.A. - 2Pac (radio version, featuring Val Young) ~ Various Artists 2. Initiated - Daz - (featuring Kurupt/Tupac/The Outlawz) ~ Various Artists 3. Murder Was The Case - Snoop Dogg (remix) ~ Various Artists 4. Ambitionz Az A Ridah - 2Pac ~ Various Artists 5. All About U - 2Pac - (featuring Dru Down/Snoop Dogg/Nate Dogg/Fatal Hussein/Yaki Kadafi) ~ Various Artists 6. Puffin' On Blunts And Drankin' Tanqueray - Dr. Dre - (featuring The Lady Of Rage/Daz/Kurupt) ~ Various Artists 7. Pain - 2Pac - (featuring Stretch) ~ Various Artists 8. Doggy Dogg World - Snoop Dogg - (featuring Tha Dogg Pound/The Dramatics) ~ Various Artists 9. O.G. - Daz - (featuring Nate Dogg/Snoop) ~ Various Artists 10. F*** Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - Dr. Dre - (featuring Snoop Dogg/Jewell/RBX) ~ Various Artists 11. Never Has A Friend Like Me - Tupac ~ Various Artists 12. Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None) - Snoop Doggy Dogg - (featuring Nate Dogg/Kurupt/Warren G) ~ Various Artists 13. Loyal To The Game - Tupac - (featuring Treach/Riddler) ~ Various Artists 14. What Would U Do? - Tha Dogg Pound - (featuring Snoop Dogg/Jewell/Big Pimpin') ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Suge Knight's Death Row Records pretty much wrote the book on hardcore and gangsta rap during the genre's glory days, and the two-CD set 15 YEARS ON DEATH ROW tells the definitive story. Even if the label had released only Dr. Dre's THE CHRONIC, Snoop Dogg's DOGGYSTYLE, and 2Pac's ALL EYEZ ON ME, three seminal hip-hop classics, its historical status would be assured. Death Row's G-funk sound, a mix of fat basslines, P-funk samples, seismic beats, and uncensored lyrics about the gangsta lifestyle, defined a generation and proved hugely influential. 15 YEARS offers up a top-notch mix of the label's best, spotlighting the iconic work of Dre, Snoop, and 2Pac while tossing in gems like Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs." As an introduction to classic West Coast rap, the set couldn't be better, but long-time fans will enjoy having all the best under one cover. The bonus DVD features a host of classic videos, including Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang," Snoop's "Gin and Juice," and Warren G.'s "Regulate." It's not like the racks needed another Death Row Records compilation; it just needed the right one, and this is it. Featuring two CDs' worth of vital tracks from the West Coast and gangsta rap's glory days, 15 Years on Death Row doesn't bother with the obscure tracks or the fringe artists that the other comps have, and while that might mean it doesn't tell the whole story, you just don't need or even want to know about how label boss Suge Knight signed MC Hammer or what R&B singer Danny Boy sounded like. Death Row crumbled hard after the material you find here, but these tracks made them seem unstoppable, and 15 years later they're still as ferocious, cocky, and funky. The problem remains that true hip-hop heads will overlap the tracks they already own on The Chronic, Doggystyle, All Eyez on Me, and the Above the Rim soundtrack, but getting hard-to-find gems like the Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs" or Daz's "Initiated" -- spelled "Intiated" in the booklet in a typical and fitting Death Row screw-up -- next to them makes up for a lot of the redundancy. Plus, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a better mixtape of the label's output, and once a longtime fan throws the collection in his ride, the feel-good hood memories rain down and make every penny spent on the collection worthwhile. The icing on the cake is the bonus DVD featuring all the Dre, Snoop, and 2Pac videos you can handle (and the DVD isn't included in the edited version, just to punish anyone silly enough to try learning Death Row without the cuss words). If you aren't familiar with the label, you're in for an overwhelming experience, but if you know which Dogg is which and what it takes to be a G in the city of Compton, this is your history in two killer slices. ~ David Jeffries Musical Guests Snoop Dogg Ice Cube K-Ci & JoJo Daz Jewell Kurupt Nate Dogg Big Pimpin' Dr. Dre Roger Troutman The Outlawz 2Pac Val Young Yaki Kadafi Dru Down Fatal Hussein The Lady Of Rage Stretch Tha Dogg Pound The Dramatics RBX Warren G Riddler   Technical Info Release Date : 12/26/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 63078 Label : Death Row (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00728706307826